Johannes Christopher Carpenter (abt. 1700)

Born about 1700 in Bietigheim, Ludwigsburg, Württemberg, Germany [uncertain]

Biography

This profile is part of the Germanna, Virginia One Place Study.

16 Mar 1691/2 - Born

1717 - Immigrated to America with Anna Elizabeth, John and Andrew.

24 JUN 1726 - Granted 400 acres in the ford of the Rappahannock River.

1735 - Lieutenant in the militia of Orange Co.

The Zimmermann family came from Steffisburg, canton of Bern, Switzerland, before 1665 to Ravensburg, Baden, Germany. Ravensburg is very near Sulzfeld where John, the son of Christopher, stated he was from. The Sulzfeld Evangelische Church Parish (Lutheran) shows the birth of Johanne Christoph Zimmermann^[1][2][3][4] on 16 Mar 1692 and his baptism as the 17th. He was the third son of Christian (Christian, Michael) Zimmermann and Eva Dünstler of Langenbruck, the daughter of Michael Dünster.

When Christopher was six years old, his mother died. His father remarried nine months later. The new wife was Maria Barbara Edel, the daughter of Englehard Edel and his wife Anna Maria of Sulzfeld. A large second family followed.

Johanne Christopher, at the age of eighteen years (on 27 Jul 1710), marrried a woman five or six years older than he was. This was Dorothea Rottle, the daughter of Martin Rottle of "Horndorff". Their first child, Johannes, was born 11 April 1711 and was baptized the next day. There were no other surviving children before Dorothea died on 16 January 1714 at twenty-seven years of age. Christopher was a widower at twenty-two years of age with a son Johannes of less than three years of age.

Johann Christoph Zimmermann arrived with his wife Elizabeth Albrecht and two sons, John and Andrew, in 1717 per his headright application. He had several tracts southeast of Mt. Pony, the first in 1726. ^[5][6]

Notes

Hans Christopher Zimmerman born 1692 did not change his name to Carpenter. The Carpenter in this profile is probably John Carpenter. William Carpenter (Zimmerman in German) came into the Germanna Colony with Elizabeth who came in with his brother John in 1721 (date disputed). A John Carpenter on June 20 1733 of St. Marks Parish, Spotsylvania County, received a headright grant of 150 acres in the same parish and county for importing Andrew kerker, Margaretta Kerker and Barbara Kerker. According to the book Before Germanna by John Cerny and Gary J. Zimmerman p.14. I believe this John Carpenter may be Johannes Christopher Carpenter IV. The Kerkchers were part of the SAR claim that associated Hans Christopher Zimmerman as a relative by means of having a son named John Carpenter. Hans Christopher did have a son named John who never anglicized the name to Carpenter. John had a son named John Jr. but kept the name Zimmerman. I do believe that John Carpenter that supposedly came into Germanna in 1721 is the person that you would be interested in. I would also be checking in the Kerker - Kerkcher- Kerkchler family.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.geni.com/people/Hans-Christopher-Zimmerman/6000000001202633231
2. ↑ http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=927933&pid=568227388 #S-1880577856 Page: Place: Virginia; Year: 1717; Page Number: 83. Quality or Certainty of Data: 0 Note: Data: Text: Arrival date: 1717Arrival place: Virginia
3. ↑ Source: #S-1880578040 Quality or Certainty of Data: 0 Note:
4. ↑ Source: #S-1880578052 Quality or Certainty of Data: 0 Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 16 March 1691Birth place: Bietigheim
5. ↑ http://germanna.org/2013/09/11/who-were-the-german-settlers-in-the-robinson-river-valley/
6. ↑ http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I005311&tree=tree1 Christopher Zimmerman

• Source: S-1880577856 Repository: #R-1880578168 Title: Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Author: Gale Research Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.Original data - Filby, P. William, ed.. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2009.Original data: Filby, P. William, ed..
• Source: S-1880578040 Repository: #R-1880578168 Title: Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County. Baltimore: Genealog Note:
• Source: S-1880578052 Repository: #R-1880578168 Title: Family Data Collection - Births Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.; Note:
• A History of Orange County, Virginia
• Baden, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1502-1985 - Birth of son Johannes Christopher IV
• Baden, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1502-1985 - Birth, Baptism record of Johannes Christopher III
• Germany, Select Marriages, 1558-1929 - Marriage to Elizabeth Albrecht
• Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
• U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current - Hebron Lutheran Church Cemetery
• Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly Volume 26, Number 3
• Virginia Valley records: genealogical and historical materials of Rockingham County, Virginia, and related regions (with map) - The Simmerman (sic) Family, by Audrey Kemper Spence of Wytheville, VA
• Virginia, Extracted Vital Records, 1660-1923
• Virginia, Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of Shortened files.ged on 30 December 2010 and through the import of Evans-Stanley.ged on May 16, 2012 by Kathie Llewellyn and to Kenneth Deer through the import of Deer Family Tree.ged on Mar 20, 2013.

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